Safety-catch for cuff-links



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SAFETY CATCH FOR CUFF LINKS. APPLICATION FILED MAY II. 1917. RENEWED AUG. 9. 1919.

1,353,525, I PatentedSept. 21,1920.

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UNITED CLARENCE E. FORSYTHE, or MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin. I 7

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' Specification of Letters l atent. Sept, 21 1926 Application filed May 11, 1917, Serial No. 167,959. nene'w'ea August 9, 1919. Serial1 To. 316,488

Be it known that I, CLARENCE FOR- sYTHE,'a citizen of the United States, residing at Milwaukee, in the countyof Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Safety-Catches for Cuff-Links; andI'do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable Others skilled in the. v art to which it appertains to make and use the same. 7

This invention relates tofa safety catch which is particularly designed for use in connection with bar cufi' links or buttons, for preventing the loss ofthe cuff buttons and the primary object of the invention is to provide a'safety catch as specified, which is constructed of a-single piece of resilient material, bentto form a cuff link bar gripping portion, and a cuff gripping portion, so

. that in case the cuff button should become loosened from a shirt cuff, it will be held by the safety catch. 1 V

' With the foregoing and otherobjects in features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and claime In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawing wherein like characters designate like andcorresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which:

' Figurel is a side elevation of the improved safety catch illustrating the same immediately after it has been mounted over the bar of a cuff button, and illustrating in dotted lines the position of the .catch prior to its connection with a cuff button.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation illustrating the normal positionv of the catch when in use, and

Fig.3 is a detail perspective view of the catch. 7 p

Referring more particularly to the drawing, 1 designates the inner surface of the inner side of'an ordinary shirt cuff, which is provided with the usual type of buttonhole 2, through which the bar 3' of a cuff button extends. The safety catch structure, generically indicated by the numeral 5 is positioned against the inner side of a shirt cuff and'it is constructed of a single strand of resilient wire or ifit is preferred, it

may be. constructed of a single strand or-- length of a resilient rectangularly shaped bar, this feature being left to the desires of the'person manufacturing the same. The

catch 5 comprises a straight portion orgarm 6, one. end of which is bent at 'right'angles Y i thereto as shown at 7, and looped to form a substantially jU-shaped cuff "edge gripping portion or clip 8. second arm 9 projects outwardly from the "The straightportion 6 is bent inwardly as shown at 11, to provide a hump, against which the nner terminal 12 :of the'length of wire rests.

tially a semi-circle, as indicated at 13,- and further to provide a straight portion 14 A straight" length or.

upper end of the leg 10 of the U-shaped cuff p The length ofwire is bent, 1 outwardly of the hump 11 to form substanwhich connects a second semi-circular por tion 15' to the semi-circular portion13. The end of the semi-circular portion 15 which is remote from the straight portion 141 is connected to a relatively short straight portion 16 which isheld in' engagement with the straight portion6, by the-resiliency of the material of which the c'atch is formed and'the semi-circular portions 13 and 15.,

The terminal 12 of the :strand of wire or other material is connected to the straight portion 16 by an angular portion 17, and it is bent to form a substantially semi-circular portion which surrounds a portion of the bar .3 of a cuff button as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawing.

A head structure 20, which is identical in all respects to the head composed of the semicircular portions 12, 13, and 15 of the straight portions 14 and 16, and the angle portion 17, is formed upon the end of the the arms 6 and 9;provide spring hooks s The preferred manner of applying the safety catch may be stated to be as follows:

The safety catch is first positioned upon the inner fold of the cuff so as to arrange the arm 6 and its hook, andthe arm 9 and its hook,on opposite sides of said fold. The safety catch is then moved into the position indicated by the dotted linesin Fig. 1- of the drawing to enable the hooks to be engaged with the shank 3 of the cuff button by moving the safety device from the dotted line position to the full line position of said figure of the drawing. The safety catch is then swung on the shank 3 of the cuff button to position the clip 8 in engagement with the outer edge of the inner fold of the cuff, as illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawing. The safety catch is held in this position by the clip 8, and when it is in this position the arm-6 and its hook lie in close engagement with one side of the cuff fold and the arm 9 and its hook lie in close engagement with the other side of the cuff fold, and in view thereof the safety catch will not be engaged by the sleeve when putting on or taking off the coat.

In the event that the small head of the cuff button should work through the button hole in the inner fold of the cuff, the safety catch would prevent such head from working through the button hole in the outer fold of the cuff. Should both heads of the end button work through both button holes of the cuff, the safety catch would be moved on the cuff until the clip 8 reached the button hole in the inner fold of the cuff. As the clip 8 closes the arms 6 and 9 at one end of the safety device, as the shank 3 of the cuff button closes the arms at the other end of the safety catch, as the arms are located on opposite sides of the cuff-fold, and as one of the hooks and the arm carrying that hook is pulled through one of the button holes of the cuff when both heads of the cuff button work through both button holes of the cuff, it should be apparent that the cuff button would not be lost but would be safety catch is simple and durable, and it may be manufactured and sold at a comparatively low cost.

In reducing the invention to practice, certain minor features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts may neces- 1 sitate alterations to which the patentee is entitled provided such alterations are com-- prehended within the scope of. what is claimed.

hat is claimed is:

l. A safety catch for cuff buttons composed of a single piece of material including a straight portion, said piece of material bent toform a substantially semicircular portion at one end of said straight portion, and further bent to form second and third semi-circular portions, said third semi-circular portion adapted for engagement with the bar of a cuff button, and being connected to said second semi circular portion by an angled and straight portion, said last named straight portion adapted to engage said first named straight portion for forming a closure for the mouth of the space between the angled portion and the body portion for preventing the accidental re moval of the catch from the bar of a cuff button.

2. A safety catch for cuff buttons C0111- posedof a single pieceof material including a straight portion, said piece of material bent to form a substantially semicircular portion at one end of said straight portion, and further bent to form second and third semi-circular portions, said third semi-circular portion adapted for-engagement with the bar of a cuff button, and being connected to said second semi-circular portion by an angled and straight portion, said last named straight portion adapted to engage said first named straight portion for forming a closure for the mouth of the space between the angled portion and the first named straight portion for preventing the accidental removal of the catch from the bar of a cuff button, the end of said first named straight portion remote from said cuff button on bar gripping portion being bent to form a substantially right angularly disposed U-shaped portion and a third straight portion parallel to said first named straight portion, said U-shaped portion adapted for gripping the edge of a shirt cuff and said third strai ht portion adapted for coacting with said first named straight portion for gripping a shirt cuff and holding the catch attached thereto.

3. A safety catch for cuff buttons comprising a pair of arms, a hook carried by each arm in one end of the catch for en gagement with the shank of the cuff button, and acuff fold engaging clip connecting the arms at the other end of the catch and arranged at an angle to the arms.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CLARENCE E. FORSYTHE. Witnesses I V BERT BAGLEY, v T. D. FRANOEY. 

